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...skill), flies his own plane. He drives solely to win, cares little about how he accomplishes it ("I haven't bloody well got a driving style"). Hawthorn started racing motor bikes as a teen-ager in Farnham, Surrey, where his father ran a garage. Driving for Ferrari and Jaguar since 1953, Hawthorn has gained a reputation for punishing the cars he drives, getting involved in frequent accidents. He has no manager. "Mike couldn't be managed," explained a friend. "One day he is friendly and the next day he will refuse to speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Britons to the Fore | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

...change companions from year to year, they rarely come alone. In the bay that once knew only fishing boats, as many as 80 yachts may lie at anchor. The narrow streets hum with Ferraris, Lancias, Mercedes and Aston Martins. To be seen at the wheel of a mere Jaguar or Austin-Healey is considered ordinary. To drive a Thunderbird is definitely parvenu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: This Happy Few | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

...followed in rapid succession. With good equipment and good driving, no one was seriously hurt. Then, roaring through pitch black night into the tricky stretch that leads to the corner called Tertre Rouge, French Driver Jean Mary (real name: Jean Brousselet) drove head on into a steep embankment. His Jaguar bounced back into the path of an onrushing Ferrari. Somehow the Ferrari driver, Los Angeles' Bruce Kessler, dived from his seat just before the explosive crash, and escaped death. But Jean Mary died in the wreck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speed & Suspense | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

Great Britain's high-spirited, accident-prone Duke of Kent, 22, whose driving record includes four flashy cars, four spectacular crackups, turned in his turquoise Aston Martin sports coupe, damaged in a spin on an icy road last December, for a new red 3.4-litre Jaguar sedan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 16, 1958 | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...stalked off up the mountainside to watch the races. At the first turn Vag seated himself upon a tree stump and watched a white Jaguar roar up the slope. The car was driven by a girl...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: On Wheels | 5/23/1958 | See Source »

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